create cron in FC5 question

[Tom Poe]

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> El Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2007 00:06, Tom Poe escribió:
>   
>> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
>>     
>>> El Viernes, 20 de Abril de 2007 23:44, Tom Poe escribió:
>>>       
>>>> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> 2007/4/20, Tom Poe <tompoe at fngi.net>:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I googled for cron howto, and noticed that the /etc/crontab file is
>>>>>> empty.  I want to run an event on a daily basis, and need to know
>>>>>> where to add, and how to add an event to run jpodcatcher once a day. 
>>>>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>             
>>>>> First off, if you want it to run in the system cron, just
>>>>> /etc/crontab, on the other hand if you want it as an user cron, just:
>>>>> crontab -e
>>>>> Anyways, this is an example of a basic job running daily at, for
>>>>> instance, 11:00 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>>>>> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>>>>> MAILTO=root
>>>>> HOME=/
>>>>>
>>>>> # run-parts
>>>>> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
>>>>> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>>>>> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
>>>>> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
>>>>> 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh
>>>>>
>>>>> got it?
>>>>>
>>>>> You might want to read the Crontab manual.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>> All the best.
>>>>>
>>>>> Manuel.
>>>>>           
>>>> Manuel:  Thanks.  Sounds right to me.  Problem is, on my FC5, the
>>>> /etc/crontab file is empty.  There are directories for cron.daily,
>>>> cron.weekly, etc.  When I cd to those directories, there are several
>>>> files, each of which is running a shell script.  So, do I have to create
>>>> a shell script, and copy it to the directory I want, or can I place a
>>>> cron command someplace?
>>>> Tom
>>>>         
>>> Actually, it's up to you, whatever suits for you :-)
>>> Cheers
>>>       
>> Manuel:  Please share your FC5 crontab file.  Mine is empty.  What's in
>> yours?
>> Thanks, Tom
>>     
>
> I already did it :-)
>
> [manu at Arbusto ~]$ cat /etc/crontab 
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
>
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh
>
>
>   
Manuel:  I thought so.  Was your /etc/crontab file empty when you 
installed FC5?
Tom
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